Nottingham ESRC Doctoral Training Programmes

Advanced Training Modules

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Our Advanced Training improves the quality of PhD work, creates networking opportunities regionally and nationally, and brings cutting-edge expert knowledge to the heart of doctoral training.

 

View Advanced Training Modules (2025/26 academic year)

Advanced Training Modules open to all MGS DTP researchers (click on the names below for further details. Modules will be in person, unless otherwise stated).

 

Modules without dates will be updated as soon as dates are available.
CodeTitleCredits

ENGL4158

Corpus Linguistics (Monday 13th and Wednesday 15th April)

10

EPID4033

Systematic Reviews (weekly on Thursdays from 05/02/26 to 21/05/26)

10

LAWW4129

Children and Research (not running in 2025/26)

10

NURS4049

Mixed Methods in Health Research (Friday 15/05/26 and Friday 22/05/26)

10

NURS4072

Individual & Group Interviews (In person, Monday 11/05/26 and Tuesday 12/05/26)

10

NURS4075

Individual & Group Interviews (Online, Monday 18/05/26 and Tuesday 19/05/26)

10

PHARM4005

Social Epidemiology: theories and methods for understanding the social determinants of health (not running in 2025/26) 

10

PSGY4002

Advanced Methods in Psychology (weekly on Mondays from 26/01/26 to 04/05/26)

20

PSGY4013

Analytical Research Methods (weekly on Tuesdays from 24/02/26 to 17/03/26)

10

SOCI4063

Doing Ethnography (Wednesday 03/06/26 and Thursday 04/06/26)

10
 

View Other Specialist Modules offered by Schools and Departments

Specialist modules offered by Schools and Departments open to some MGS DTP researchers depending on prior expertise and requirements (Click on the names below for full details. Modules will be in person, unless otherwise stated).

 

Modules without dates will be updated as soon as dates are available.
CodeTitleCredits
PSGY4008 Current Issues in Cognitive Neuroscience (weekly, Fridays from 30/01/26 to 08/05/26) 10
SOCI4005 Researching the Social: Contemporary Debates in Sociology (weekly, Thursdays from 29/01/26 to 07/05/26) 20
SOCI4069 Investigating Social Policy (weekly, Fridays from 29/01/26 to 07/05/26) 20
SOCW4008 Contemporary Issues and Debates in Social Work (weekly, Mondays and Thursdays from 26/01/26 to 07/05/26) 20
 

Find Out About Advanced Training elsewhere in the Consortium (ESRC-funded students only)

In addition to their home institution offering, ESRC-funded students will have the option to take advanced training across the consortium. Examples include Digital Methods and Big Social Data (Warwick), Q-Methodology, A Systematic Approach for Interpretive Research Design (Birmingham); and Methodological Implications of Critical Realism (Loughborough). 

Further information can be found here.

 

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Nottingham ESRC Doctoral Training Programmes

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